Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)

Crosby, Stills & Nash - known by its initials CSN - (which eventually became Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for a time) was a pioneering rock and roll band featuring David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and, later, Neil Young. The group was a powerful, innovative and popular group, one of the few American bands that even came close to rivalling the Beatles in the late 1960s.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSN&Y) was a so-called supergroup, composed of members who had begun a musical career elsewhere. David Crosby (The Byrds), Graham Nash (The Hollies[?]) and Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield) formed CSN in 1968 as a folk group. Crosby, Stills & Nash[?], the group's first, self-titled release came out in 1969 and became an instant hit. Neil Young (formerly of Buffalo Springfield, along with Stills) joined the group soon after for the release of D�j� Vu[?], a massively popular and critically acclaimed 1970 album. A major song which didn't make it to an original album was "Ohio", Neil Young's song in response to the Kent State massacre, where 4 university students on a demonstration were shot by State Troopers.

After a summer tour, the group split up due to personality differences. The live album Four Way Street[?] was released soon after and became another hit. The group re-formed in 1974 for an international tour and the release of a compilation album, So Far. CSN (without Young) released CSN[?] in 1977 and then Daylight Again[?] in 1982. Crosby was in jail from 1985 to 1986 struggling through drug problems and rejoined the group (along with Young) for 1988's American Dream[?] (Young had promised to record another CSNY album as an incentive if Crosby could quit his drug habit). This was followed by a live album in 1990 and two new albums in the 1990s, After the Storm[?] (CSN) (1994) and Looking Forward[?] (CSN&Y) (1999).